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5 results for ZOAN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Fri Apr 13, 1990	18D	Biblical city in the Nile delta	Nancy Scandrett Ross	Maleska
Sun Apr 15, 1984	109A	Biblical name for Tanis	A. J. Santora	Maleska
Wed Aug 24, 1983	60D	Biblical city (also called Tanis)	Louis Sabin	Maleska
Mon Aug 17, 1964	13D	Nile city of Moses' time.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Jan 24, 1963	28D	Biblical name of Tanis, Egypt.	Leonard Sussman	Farrar

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